Teardrops on my ice-board: Cody's Begining

[Cody The Maverick]

This is a fanfic I've had in my head for a long time, and I want to type it out soon. It's mainly about Cody and his childhood and him struggling to grow up in Shiverpool. It also goes back before Cody was born to explain one of my most pondered questions about Cody: Why did he grow and develop differently from the other penguins? (I refer you to his flower-like pattern on his chest that none of the other penguins have) Well, It's partly his dad's fault.
I took a little bit, no, A LOT of this from Happy feet, with a little twist.
I'm not typing it now, I have to wait until school lets out (end of this month) before I type the entire thing, but I'll give you a preview now.

PROLOG: (sp?)
Deep in the land of antaritca, there lives a colony of penguins who take pride in their sameness. These are the rockhopper penguins of Shiverpool. But every now and then, things do happen in shiverpool, one of them being the Blue-Moon Hatching cereamony, which happens every 20 years at the peak of the antartic winter, arround june 7th. Now, Shiverpudilians hatch eggs all year-round, but only those penguins hatched during the blue-moon will become Shiverpool's finest residents, and somehow, every year, the eggs hatched on that night, all hatch the next morning. No one can explain it, but, hey, it's shiverpool tradition, and shiverpool penguins thrive on tradition. But the ceremony that happended on the night of June 7th, 1990 would hatch a young penguin that would, in time, turn Shiverpool upside-down, just because he was just plain different, and wanted to be. And yes, his father is partly to blame.

[Cody The Maverick]

I'm sorry I haven't posted the rest of the story, but I'm going to camp for a week on sunday, and as soon as I remember I'll try posting the rest!!!
Man, this board sure has been quiet lately!

[Cody The Maverick]

I'm back from camp!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Surf's up or any of the characters, But I do own this story. I also do not own Happy Feet, which part of the storyline is based opon.

TEARDROPS ON MY ICE-BOARD
Cody Maverick's backstory and my prequel to Surf's Up

Chapter 1:
Shiverpool was buzzing with penguins with their eggs, getting ready for the big night. And none were more exited than the Mavericks, Edna and Bob, who had two beautiful eggs. Although it was clear that one egg was much bigger that the other, they loved them both the same.
"Are you sure our eggs will be okay?" asked edna
"Relax," replied Bob,"We just need to find a good pair of egg hatchers for our good pair of eggs."
Bob was right. Often the penguins gave their eggs to other penguins for them to hatch while the parents helped out the huddle. So the pair looked around shiverpool and soon found a penguin to hatch the larger egg, but after that all the egg hatchers were taken. Bob would have to hatch the smaller egg himself.
Now Bob was a better fisherman than hatcher, for he never hatched an egg before, but he had no choice. He would have to try his best, for little did Bob know that this would be his first-and last-egg hatching.

Finally, the big night came.

[Nadia]

YAY FIRST COMMENT!! This is really good. Did you spoof the title from Taylor Swift's song under the same name? XD

[Cody The Maverick]

Serousily, I don't know.
I was thinking up a good title for a long time, and then I may have heard the song and it fit great.
Some other titles that didn't make it:
Operation:Outcast
one with the waves, true to your heart
surfer freak

Sorry for the huge delay in the story, I've been on the KFP board a lot, and I'm always forgeting about this!

[Cody The Maverick]

(Sorry for the double post)

Chapter 2:
All the penguins were gathering in the town square and huddiling together with eggs on their feet as the sky grew dark and the winds blew cold. forming a circle, males on the inside, females on the outside.
Meanwhile the Mavericks split up, Edna had to help one side of the huddle, while Bob stood with his egg on the other side, but he was outside the huddle, walking carefully in order to not drop the egg.
Then the blue moon emerged from behind the snowy clouds and cast a light blue glow on the huddle, as the penguins vocaly sang to help the moon glow strong.
But Bob was still outside the huddle, he needed to get in as quickly as possible.
"Wait for me!" he cried out as he started walking faster, not knowing that the egg was starting to slip.
Then the most terrible thing happened. The egg slipped from right out from under him and slid down the snow!
"No, NO NO!" Bob cried as he turned and chased the egg down the slope, but try as he might, the small egg was too fast for him.
But now it was too late, for the egg slipped off the iceberg and into the frezzing water of the sea, so cold that thin patches of ice were starting to form on the top of the water.
Frantic, Bob jumped in the water and quickly caught the egg in his beak just before it floated away.
As he jumped out and gently put the egg back on his feet, he told himself, "It's all good, a little water won't hurt, everything will be fine." as he quietly rejoined the huddle. But deep in his heart, Bob was serously worred. The other penguins had told him that it was okay to drop your egg just on the snow, but they never said anything about dropping it in the sea.

[Cody The Maverick]

Sorry for not updating in a while, I'm lazy LOL
In other news, I got the art of surf's up book! I <3 it!

Chapter 3:
Soon the morning came, and the light returned to the sky. One by one, the eggs started to hatch. Bob however, was holding his "dropped" egg in his fins. He soon met back up with Edna, who had the larger egg.
"How was last night?" asked Edna.
"Uhhh.. Fine, just great." replied Bob, trying to hide his mistake.
As the day passed, their eggs showed no sign of life. Soon, The Maverick's eggs were the only two eggs that haven't hatched, So all the other penguins with their newborn chicks gathered around the Maverick family just as the larger egg started moving. There was a crack, and a very normal-looking chick poped his head out. there were some "Awwws" from the crowd as Edna decided to name him Glen, But Bob stood there, looking at his smaller egg. He just sighed and placed it on the snow as the crowd bowed their heads. Bob was about to do the same, when he heard some muffled crying; for the egg was still good!
"Come on, you can do it!" encouraged Bob as the egg started to shake. Just then, two feet poped out and started to shake so much that the egg turned upright and waddled around as tiny cries could be heard from the little walking egg: " brrrr..Cold, cold-a cold-a , freezey, cold freezey, cold-de, cold-ey, cody, cody" The crowd laughed with delight at the funny looking egg. Sure enough, the chick finaly poped his head out of the egg as he fell down flat. The crowd gasped, for the chick looked anything but normal. The chick was still chanting, "cody, cody" at the tempature of the ice beneath his feet. Edna picked up the young chick, and as she thought of a name, the chick continued to chant "cody".This gave her an idea.
"Cody, Cody Maverick, I like that name! We'll call you Cody."
The crowd was still frowning at the abnormal chick, But Edna just said, "He's my chick, even if he's a little, well...."
"DIFFERENT?" the crowd shouted.
"Yes" Edna replied. "even if he's different"
"Diffy-want, Diffy-rant" Cody tried saying.
Bob, on the other hand was worried sick. "Is this chick's difference all my fault?" he asked himself."Nah, He'll become like everyone else, as he gets older"

[Nadia]

Wow the chapters are reminding me a lot about Happy Feet. I like how baby Cody thought of the name by himself, it made me go "AWWW!!" And there's no ashame for being different. We all get through with it. This is getting good! Keep on writing my friend.

[Cody The Maverick]

NOTE: I'm going to be writing all the spoken parts in movie-script form from now on because it's easier to write. LOL

Chapter 4:
The days passed slowly, and the young chicks huddled with their parents in the cold, and ate the fish their parents caught for them. Bob, being one of the best fishers in the town, always caught the best of the best fish for his wife and kids. although Glen are more of the fish then Cody often, all of the Maverick's needs were met.
Both parents loved each of their chicks, but they often worred about Cody.
EDNA: Our chicks are looking so fine today, don't you think honey?
BOB: Yeah, Glen is fine, but I'm kinda worred about Cody. He seems.... so...
EDNA:...Different? Nah, he'll be perfect as time goes on.
BOB: But Edna, you know how "chilly" Shiverpool penguins act towards outsiders! What if he keeps this up?
EDNA: Then I'll find a way to make him like the others. He may look like an outcast now, but when he grows up, you won't be able to spot him out in a crowd!
BOB:(nervously, remembering the fact that Cody's egg was dropped in the ocean) I wouldn't count on it.

Cody himself, however, was eager to explore the world around him, and often wandered away from the igloo, resulting in his parents finding him and having to take him home. This was unusual because Shiverpool penguins, chicks mostly, just stand around and brace themselves aganist the cold, unless they're working in the fish piles. And speaking of the fish plies, it was almost time for Cody, Glen, and the other young chicks to learn about fishing and working in the piles, for they were to become Shiverpool's finest residents. And who would teach them this but none other than Bob Maverick himself.

[Cody The Maverick]

Chapter 5:
Soon the day came when Bob would teach the young chicks how to work in the fish piles, and Bob, being one of shiverpool's best fisher-penguins, would teach them the ins and outs of being in the piles.

BOB: Hello, and good morning class!
CLASS: good morning Mr. Maverick!
BOB: Yes, well today I will begin with a very important lesson that all shiverpool penguins should learn. Do any of you know what that lesson is?
BABY CODY: Uh.. How to swim?
(quiet laughs could be heard from the class)
BOB: I'm sorry Cody, that's not it.
BABY GLEN: It's how to work in the fish piles, dada
BOB: Thank you Glen! Now you chicks are Shiverpool's finest penguins, but in order to become even better, you need to do something very productive, and do you know what that productive job is?
BABY CODY: Play in the snow?
(The class laughs a bit louder this time)
BOB: Definelty not, Cody! That productive job is fishing and working to sort the fish!
BABY GLEN: Yeah, Cody, if you play in the snow all the time, you'll never become a great penguin!
BABY CODY: But playing in the snow is fun, and I'll always be a great penguin!
BOB: Now, now Cody, don't get too loud! Now, to us shiverpool penguins, fishing is fun, but you must remember that there is an enimie lurking behind every wave, do any of you know what that enime is?
BABY CODY: The fish?
(The class is quiet for a second, then bursts out laughing)
BOB: Cody! We never fear the fish! The fish fear us!
BABY GLEN: I know the enime! It's the killer whale! It could eat you up in one bite and not even have to use it's teeth!
(Gasps from every penguin the the class, well, almost every penguin. Cody stands still)
BOB: Very good Glen! So we should all look out for the killer whale, unless we want to be food! Well, that's the end of today's class, see you tomorrow everyone!
(All the chicks waddle off to their parents, including Glen and Cody, who start to go back to their igloo. Cody is just starting to walk with Glen when his dad's voice calls him back)
BOB: (calling) Cody!
BABY CODY: Yes, papa?
BOB: I want to have a talk with you.

[Nadia]

Oh dear I wonder what kind of talk Bob wants to have with Cody, it doesn't sound too good at all, but like the idea of the class he was running with, it got really cute. Nice going Cody the Maverick

[Cody The Maverick]

Chapter 6:

BABY CODY: Am I in trouble papa?
BOB: Well,....not really, but I just want to tell you that, ever since the day you were hatched, you've been acting sort of strange.
BABY CODY: Well, if you think i'm acting, uh.. strand-ge, than why am I strand-ge?
BOB:(there is a burning urge in his heart to tell Cody that his egg was dropped in the sea, but he manages to resist) There's nothing wrong with you, and you're not THAT strange, you're just a bit..............different, that's all.
BABY CODY: Oh. (there is a long silence) Papa, I've been hearing that word....uh....diffy-want a lot. what eggs-actly does diffy-want mean?
BOB: Uh......well....it's...um...oh, man.....I can't really put it into words, but I guess it means that your not exactly like the rest of the penguins, you don't look or act like them.
BABY CODY: why not?
BOB: because it's just the way you are, Cody. You have something that no one else has, or you're lacking something that everyone else has.
BABY CODY: Is diffy-want bad?
BOB: To me, not really, but to the rest of the penguins here, yes.
BABY CODY: Does that mean I'm a bad penguin?
BOB: No, but the important thing is that you should at least try to be like the other penguins. I know you can't change who you are, but can at least cover it up a tiny bit.
BABY CODY: (sad voice) I'll try papa.
BOB: Look, Cody, I know this is tough for you, but you probaly feel really sad being different from everyone else
BABY CODY: (even sadder voice) sort of.
BOB: and I would feel the same way if I were you, but just try doing what I said. Besides, this different thing is probaly only temporary, so you'll grow out of it someday. And even if I never get to see the day when you're all grown up, You'll still always be the little chick that you are in my heart. and do me one favor, son.
BABY CODY: sure papa, anything.
BOB: For when I'm not around, and if I'm gone someday, don't let anyone tell you who you are.
BABY CODY: what do you mean by that?
BOB: I mean, if anyone starts saying to you "Cody's this, Cody's that, Cody's this" just hold your head up high and say to them, "Cody's me, so you should let me be me."
BABY CODY: Cody's me, let me be me!
BOB: Very good! now you run back home and tell mama that I'm going to catch our dinner. I'll be back in an hour or so.

Cody headed back to his igloo with a funny feeling in his heart as he chanted "Cody's me, let me be me, Cody's me, let me be me" It had a certin beat to it that made his heart fill up with happiness.

[Nadia]

Good job! Very good job. I wonder how he got the term line from the movie, it all makes sense.

[Cody The Maverick]

Just to let you know, I won't be posting the rest of the story here. I'm going to write the entire rest of the story, then post the finished product on FanFiction.net, including what I already wrote. It'll be up on FF.net in a matter of weeks.